Maple Syrup

Red and his pals collect maple syrup using a fuel pump from a Russian missile.

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Segments: Red's Campfire Songs, Handyman Corner, The Experts, Red's Poetry, Red's Visits with Possum Lodge Members, Adventures With Bill, Harold's Segments

DVD: Red Green: Stuffed and Mounted, Vol. 1; Red Green – The Infantile Years

DVD Commentary by Steve Smith
STEVE SMITH: We've kinda backed into some kind of merchandising business over the years. It was never on purpose, kinda like the show. And in this episode called "Maple Syrup", we needed a syrup dispenser. And actually, my wife– my real-life– real-life wife made this thing. Once everybody saw it, it was kinda like planting the seed. Now, apparently, there's a Red Green bobble-head doll coming out, but I'm sure the idea came from the syrup dispenser.

Title sequence
''{"The Red Green Show" intro plays. After introducing the characters, the scene cuts to a shot of Harold swinging a baseball bat around, trying to hit a radio, only to hit a lamp, smashing it.}''

RED GREEN: {voiceover} Hi, this is Red Green. In today's show, Harold criticizes adults...

''{Cut to a shot of Bill holding up a flashlight, Red standing nearby. Bill turns on the flashlight and a blast of sparks shoot out of it. Red jumps back, startled.}''

RED GREEN: {voiceover} Bill shows us camping lanterns...

{Cut to a shot of Red cutting a patio table with a chainsaw.}

RED GREEN: {voiceover} And I turn a patio table into a windsurfer.

''{Cut to an exterior shot of the Lodge. Several gunshots appear in the screen, then one last gunshot shatters the screen outward.}''

Red's Campfire Song 1
{Red plays guitar and Harold accompanies him by clicking two spoons together.}

RED GREEN: {singing}
 * My butterfly collection
 * Gives me so much pride.
 * My butterfly collection
 * Makes me warm inside.
 * The monarchs, blues and yellows,
 * These are beauties, man, oh, man,
 * Come and see my butterfly collection.
 * They're all wedged in the grill of my van.

The Winter of Our Discount Tent
''{Red is sitting on a bench in the snow, dressed in a heavy parka. He opens a book and starts reading.}''

RED GREEN: It is winter. Cousin Jerry was lying in the snow, making snow angels. Along came the snowplow. Now Cousin Jerry is making real angels.

Red's Campfire Song 2
{Red plays guitar and Harold accompanies him by clicking two spoons together.}

RED GREEN: {singing}
 * The wind came swirling out across the farm.
 * It blew all the hair off my granny's arm.
 * It blew the livestock down into the well.
 * Blew the clappers off the town hall bell.
 * It was a lesson learned, and we learned it well:
 * There's one heck of a lot of turbulence when you push a barn over.

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearances of Buzz Sherwood and Reg Hunter.

Famous People

 * At one point, as the Lodge pushes forward with the collecting of maple syrup, Harold mentions Aunt Jemima.